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Tim Corrigan
Who Spies, Who Kills?
A dead spy sucks Tim Corrigan into a deadly international conspiracy
Walter Ingram has an English name, but a German accent. He passes through the lobby of his New York hotel with ramrod-straight posture, bypassing the bar and going directly to his room. There, he’s greeted with a pistol to the skull. The 1st blow dazes him; the 2nd knocks him out. As he dies, Ingram murmurs, “Nein . . . Nein.” Seconds later, a cabbie fighting his way through New York traffic hears a sickening thud as the mangled remains of Ingram’s body crash into the hood of his car. On the streets of Manhattan, it’s raining spies.
The case lands in the lap of Tim Corrigan, the 1-eyed cop who strikes fear into criminals across New York City. Before he can catch the killer, he must find out who Ingram really was. The dead man had countless names, passports, and powerful friends. But nothing can stop Corrigan from finding the truth.
Walter Ingram has an English name, but a German accent. He passes through the lobby of his New York hotel with ramrod-straight posture, bypassing the bar and going directly to his room. There, he’s greeted with a pistol to the skull. The 1st blow dazes him; the 2nd knocks him out. As he dies, Ingram murmurs, “Nein . . . Nein.” Seconds later, a cabbie fighting his way through New York traffic hears a sickening thud as the mangled remains of Ingram’s body crash into the hood of his car. On the streets of Manhattan, it’s raining spies.
The case lands in the lap of Tim Corrigan, the 1-eyed cop who strikes fear into criminals across New York City. Before he can catch the killer, he must find out who Ingram really was. The dead man had countless names, passports, and powerful friends. But nothing can stop Corrigan from finding the truth.
144 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1966
About the author
Ellery Queen
1,787 books515 followersaka Barnaby Ross.
(Pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)
"Ellery Queen" was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. Born in Brooklyn, they spent forty two years writing, editing, and anthologizing under the name, gaining a reputation as the foremost American authors of the Golden Age "fair play" mystery.
Although eventually famous on television and radio, Queen's first appearance came in 1928 when the cousins won a mystery-writing contest with the book that would eventually be published as The Roman Hat Mystery. Their character was an amateur detective who used his spare time to assist his police inspector father in solving baffling crimes. Besides writing the Queen novels, Dannay and Lee cofounded Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. Although Dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired Queen upon Lee's death.
Several of the later "Ellery Queen" books were written by other authors, including Jack Vance, Avram Davidson, and Theodore Sturgeon.
(Pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)
"Ellery Queen" was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. Born in Brooklyn, they spent forty two years writing, editing, and anthologizing under the name, gaining a reputation as the foremost American authors of the Golden Age "fair play" mystery.
Although eventually famous on television and radio, Queen's first appearance came in 1928 when the cousins won a mystery-writing contest with the book that would eventually be published as The Roman Hat Mystery. Their character was an amateur detective who used his spare time to assist his police inspector father in solving baffling crimes. Besides writing the Queen novels, Dannay and Lee cofounded Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. Although Dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired Queen upon Lee's death.
Several of the later "Ellery Queen" books were written by other authors, including Jack Vance, Avram Davidson, and Theodore Sturgeon.
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November 5, 2021
2 1/2 stars. This book surprised me. I was expecting a mind-bender like the Ellery Queen mysteries but this is more of a thriller/spy/hard detective story. There is a mystery that you can figure out but it reads more like a pulp or hard-boiled detective story than what I am use to from this writer. Not bad for its type, just not what I was expecting.
August 24, 2020
Λίγο παρωχημενο γραμμένο από έναν από τους ghost writers που Κατά καιρούς εκδίδονταν υπό το ψευδώνυμο Ellery Queen.
Aνατολικοι πράκτορες εναντιον του μονόφθαλμου αστυνομικου καπταιν Κοριγκαν, μικροφίλμ, φόνοι και μοιραιες γυναικες.
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May 2, 2025
A short read with an interesting plot. I'll give the Ellerys props that I couldn't guess what was happening, but the weird way the women were treated in the plot made me like it less than the previous book. The racism was also pretty atrocious.
November 28, 2018
Not interesting at all.
January 24, 2026
Audiobook 4 - another Tim Corrigon and this one was pure 1960’s descrive style. A ‘spy’ is killed but made to look like suicide. Some good misdirection in the plot of this who done it.
September 15, 2021
Il protagonista della storia non è il famoso Ellery, ma il poliziotto Tom Corrigan.
Un storia a metà tra il giallo e lo spionaggio, alla fine le spy-story si mescolano sempre con altri generi letterari, come il giallo, il thriller, l’avventura e talvolta anche la fantascienza.
Il protagonista dovrà trovare il suo assassino, districandosi tra intrighi politici e crimine, arriverà alla soluzione del caso, ma l'autore (gli autori 😏) non aiutano il lettore con alcun indizio... o quasi. La lettura è scorrevole e lo consiglio agli amanti del genere giallo.
Tre stelle e mezzo
Un storia a metà tra il giallo e lo spionaggio, alla fine le spy-story si mescolano sempre con altri generi letterari, come il giallo, il thriller, l’avventura e talvolta anche la fantascienza.
Il protagonista dovrà trovare il suo assassino, districandosi tra intrighi politici e crimine, arriverà alla soluzione del caso, ma l'autore (gli autori 😏) non aiutano il lettore con alcun indizio... o quasi. La lettura è scorrevole e lo consiglio agli amanti del genere giallo.
Tre stelle e mezzo
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